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The classical limit ofn-vector spin models

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It is proved that the free energy of a system ofn-dimensional spins with Kac type potential is equal, in the infinite range zero strength limit, to the free energy of the corresponding Curie-Weiss system in which every spin interacts equally with every other spin.

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Thompson, C.J., Silver, H. The classical limit ofn-vector spin models. Commun.Math. Phys. 33, 53–60 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01645606

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